January’s almost over, so I thought I’d take a look back at my goals and see how I’m doing, reassess (wow, “reassess” really has a lot of s’s, doesn’t it?) if necessary, etc.
- Cut out sugar/sweets for a month (January): I lasted about a week without sweets, but I’m happy to say I reduced my refined sugar intake by about 75% for the month — and it was actually pretty painless — so I plan to just stay at this one-quarter sugar level for the foreseeable future.
- Have kid(s): not yet (this is more like a five-year goal, so no rush)
- Write a polished/publishable work of fiction (short story, novella, screenplay, etc.): My wife and I have been working on a screenplay. We have lots of notes, outlines, ideas, scene kernels. Now we just need to carve out some time and write an actual, honest-to-goodness scene from start to finish.
- Visit Nepal (or Bhutan or northern India): not yet (this is also more like a five-year goal)
- Get in touch with the really real — continue my fledgling meditation practice: Hmm…meditation? I should really do some of that.
- Continue to swim/exercise regularly: I haven’t really been exercising regularly. A partial excuse: my back went out mid-Jan. and is only now returning to normal (this is actually the third year in a row that my back has gone out in either Jan. or Feb. — weird)
- Go backpacking/camping at least once a year: not yet
- Sit less: yes, a bit less
- Say “yes” more: yes, a bit more
- Be the change I want to see in the world: This one’s a bit amorphous — I’m working on it.
And my Year of Creativity goals:
- buy a high-quality amateur camcorder: I’ve been researching camcorders for a few weeks now. I plan to order one today or tomorrow.
- film a short (or two or three…): not yet…soon!
- write a screenplay together with my wife: we’re working on it (see above)
- take “Video Production I – Film 130” at the local community college: I had my first day of class this week. I think it’s going to be fun.
Nice steady progress on the goals so far — awesome. I discovered a long time ago I can’t really cut out sugar or sweets. What I noticed though is that after I started baking more, I wanted less sweets overall and tend to crave fruit as my sugar most of the time. I’d recommend trying it. If nothing else, it may inspire a scene in your screenplay.
Hmm…I’ll keep your baking tip in mind. But it’s going to be tough to fit into a film noir. ;-)